| Having rheumatoid arthritis is stressful. You worry how | | | | This is one of the most pleasant and often overlooked |
| bad it's going to get. You worry if you can take care | | | | rheumatoid arthritis exercises. Even if you are not |
| of yourself. You worry about being able to afford | | | | feeling particularly chipper, just the act of laughing for a |
| care. But worrying actually INCREASES your | | | | minute triggers subconscious reactions in your body so |
| rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and lowers your body's | | | | that you will soon actually be laughing. If it's hard to |
| natural healing processes. No matter what level of pain | | | | force a laugh for a rheumatoid arthritis exercise, then |
| you experience, you need time every day for these | | | | consider taking time out to watch a favorite television |
| relaxing rheumatoid arthritis exercises. You can do | | | | comedy or watch the general silliness of life. It's good |
| them by themselves or as the warming up part of a | | | | to have a conversation a day with someone for any |
| more intense routine or before getting on with your | | | | chance to laugh. You could call it your "rheumatoid |
| usual daily activities. | | | | arthritis exercise." That should get you some laughs, |
| Yawning And Stretching | | | | and lots lower stress levels. |
| Ever watch a cat yawn and stretch? They are the | | | | Playing With Clay |
| masters of it. Mimic them in this rheumatoid arthritis | | | | It's not important if you are the next Michelangelo, just |
| exercise, even if you are still lying in bed. Slowly, | | | | get your hands moving by wriggling it into squishy, |
| luxuriously, stretch out one "paw" and then the other. If | | | | forgiving clay or even mud. There's just enough |
| you can, lift your legs in a stretch, too. You can pretend | | | | resistance to help give your joints a work out, but not |
| you're a cat and wash your face or roll over onto your | | | | enough to over do it. You don't need to make shapes |
| hands and knees on the mattress for a kitty | | | | or anything recognizable. Just fool around with the clay |
| backstretch. Take all of this slowly and only do what | | | | for ten minutes as a different and unusual rheumatoid |
| you are comfortable with. Yawning will not only stretch | | | | arthritis exercise. This is best for hand and wrist |
| your face and neck muscles, but give you deep | | | | arthritis. There's no reason why you can't goof around |
| inhalations of oxygen that can help your body to | | | | with clay with your feet, but lay down newspaper or |
| unconsciously relax. | | | | old towels before you attempt it. It will be quite messy, |
| Laughing | | | | but quite uplifting and maybe you'll even laugh. |